"A pained gem of a movie...This is must-see 'issue cinema' from the forefront of the Civil Rights Era, daring in its proposition — still valid — that too many ordinary people get hurt while waiting for garden-variety mores to change."
— Steve Macfarlane, Brooklyn Magazine
USA, 1964
Director: Larry Peerce
Producer: Stephen Shalom, Sam Weston
Cast: Barbara Barrie, Bernie Hamilton, Richard Mulligan, Marti Mericka
Screenwriter: Orville H. Hampton, Raphael Hayes
Cinematography: Andrew Laszlo
Music: Gerald Fried
Genre: Drama
Black & White
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Language: English
Running Time: 83 minutes
Synopsis:
A white Midwestern divorcee, Julie (Barabara Barrie), and her black co-worker Frank Richards (Bernie Hamilton) fall in love. The pair struggle to reconcile their own desires to create a family together and societal pressures surrounding interracial marriage when Julie's ex-husband Joe (Richard Mulligan) sues for custody of their child based on his prejudices.
Awards and Nominations:
Best Writing, Story and Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen nomination (Academy Awards, 1965)
Best Actress (Cannes Film Festival, 1964)
Palme d'Or nomination (Cannes Film Festival, 1964)
